Analog to Digital Converter Box

hyperchica11 · Post by **hyperchica11** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 2:55 pm

Anyone know what the best analog to digital converter box for a Mac is? I'm trying to get footage from a VHSC tape.

Nightowl · Post by **Nightowl** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 5:57 pm

I like THIS. I used the first version way back when, and it always performed nicely.

Come to think of it... wanna buy mine?

-N

ongakuka · Post by **ongakuka** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:59 pm

I've got both a Dazzle DV bridge and a Canopus ADVC. The Dazzle has worked with every PC or Mac I've plugged it into, but it seems to be a bit flakey at times (for PCs, won't auto sense the type of conversion being done - need to use the toggle button before doing anything, for both PCs and Macs, it doesn't do locked audio so it will get out of synch after a while (after 10-20GB of capture)). The Canopus is great with locked audio and really a nice product, but it's never worked with my desktop Mac (dual g4 1ghz, non MDD). Works great with my newer PB17 though, so who knows.

Get one of those 2 ($250ish, more in ¥ or £) and try it with your setup. If it doesn't work, take it back and get the other.

(Or! if you have a DV camera with line ins, just set it to passthrough or line-in-VTR mode and use that

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